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This was the part I was confused about. So what are the minimums to even enroll as an Academic Red Shirt? Are those minimums still the same, but the "new" minimums just for those students who would be eligible to play their first year?

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Can we now bring in total dunces with NO academic minimum and just make them sit out a year with an Academic Red Shirt and stay eligible from that point forward?

I'm still trying to feel if this is going to help or hurt the JUCO/Prep business.

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This was the part I was confused about. So what are the minimums to even enroll as an Academic Red Shirt? Are those minimums still the same, but the "new" minimums just for those students who would be eligible to play their first year?

OR

Can we now bring in total dunces with NO academic minimum and just make them sit out a year with an Academic Red Shirt and stay eligible from that point forward?

I'm still trying to feel if this is going to help or hurt the JUCO/Prep business.

Yea, it sounds like they are "upping" the academic requirements, yet offering a deferment (redshirt) if you do not fulfill them.

So the effect of this will be for Coaches to recruit smarter since the academic redshirt still counts against the 85 limit, and for (hopefully) the kids to apply themselves more throughout high school rather than relying on last second test scores and summer classes, correct?

I read on a VT recruiting board that Clark grew up a Tennessee fan and that it is his dream to play there if they will have him. I'm guessing that even if he is not a take now for tenn that if they make a comitable offer later on that he would flip to them. Obviously this is just my opinion based on what i've read

For some reason, I always see kids film from VA and it looks like they have no comp. Virginia is supposed to be a top 5 HS football state, but it looks like the Carolinas have better competition. I know they have hotbed recruiting areas like VA Beach though.

Im pretty sure a football player could get in prep or JUCO even if they couldnt spell their name.

Right, but that doesn't really clear the matter up for me. The way I'm reading this, all it does is impact (1) kids whose GPA is between 2.0 and 2.3 and (2) kids who fail to finish the 10 courses before their senior year or the 16 w/in 4 years. So what does that have to do with needing to go JUCO instead of college? You still get in with the 2.0, you just have to redshirt.

Some might think that this new rule could be asking too much from high schools and it could put a limit on recruiting for college coaches, but that's just silly. This rule is being put in place to make sure that student-athletes are better prepared academically for college. Asking kids to hit the books harder and study a little longer is far from a crime and chances are the higher standards will encourage schools to take the academic side of high school sports life more seriously.

So, you aren't gonna give them a stipend (pay for play or whatever verbiage you chose), and you're going make it more difficult academically. Call me cynical, but we don't live in a perfect world, and this will only encourage the detriment of amateurism. Minor league football here we come.

I'm not meaning to seem argumentative, but several of the catches I saw him make on 2013 season highlight video were not dump offs, and regardless if an offense is pass-friendly, the receivers still have to make the plays. I mean, what good would it do if the QB threw the ball to you 30+ times per game if you don't take advantage of most of those opportunities? And even if a pass is not a deep pass or even is just at the line of scrimmage, doesn't it mean the receiver has some play-making ability if big yards come from the play? A QB in a pass-happy offense is much more questionable than a receiver, IMO.

I just think a pass friendly offense works because it puts up several receivers with big numbers that you can't ignore. He has huge numbers but he went about it a bit differently than AJ Green who got the record in double and triple coverage all game long and was able to get the record because he was just that much better than everyone else on the field it wasn't even remotely system related. Not saying Hart isn't a good receiver just saying his stats are being amplified a bit by the system he is in. It also didn't hurt that he had that Randolph or Rudolph (forget the exact name) kid QBing for him and he is going to be a freshman at OKST this coming year.

I've seen him up close and he worthy of a D-1 offer. The play that sticks out for me was against Byrnes. He caught a hitch on the sideline and three defenders laid the boom on him. Next thing you know the entire pile moves forward about 5 yards. Don't let the size or speed fool ya.

I've seen him up close and he worthy of a D-1 offer. The play that sticks out for me was against Byrnes. He caught a hitch on the sideline and three defenders laid the boom on him. Next thing you know the entire pile moves forward about 5 yards. Don't let the size or speed fool ya.